Anti-HPV-18 E6phospho, Polyclonal

Info

Catalogue Number

153965

Applications

WB

Antigen/Gene or Protein Targets

HPV E6

Reactivity

Human papilloma virus

Relevance

Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are associated with HPV infection, with two types, HPV16 and HPV18, present in 70% of cases. A defining feature of cervical cancers and derived cell lines is the continued expression of two viral oncoproteins, E6 and E7. A defining characteristic of E6 oncoproteins derived from cancer-causing HPV types is the presence of a PDZ binding motif (PBM) at the extreme carboxy terminus of the protein which is absent from E6 proteins derived from the so-called low-risk HPV types. Within this PBM is also a protein kinase A (PKA) phospho-acceptor site, which is thought to negatively regulate the association of E6 with its PDZ domain-containing substrates